Hello Space PocketQubes (Istanbul, Hello Test-1 & 2)

Also known as Istanbul, Hello Test 1, Hello Test 2

Commercial IoT PocketQube series launched in 2023 by Turkish startup Hello Space aboard Falcon 9 Transporter-8 and Transporter-9.

Document: SQ-MS-007
Updated: 21 Oct 2026
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Commercial PocketQube IoT from Türkiye#

Following the university flight heritage of Grizu-263A in January 2022, members of its founding engineering team established the commercial startup Hello Space to build a PocketQube-based narrowband Internet-of-Things (IoT) constellation[1]. Three spacecraft were launched in 2023 within the $2013 - 2023$ census window:

Spacecraft	Size	Launch date	Launch vehicle & deployer	Mission role
Istanbul	1P	12 June 2023	Falcon 9 Transporter-8 (D-Orbit ION)	$1 P$ pathfinder verifying the commercial IoT transceiver chain in Sun-synchronous orbit.
Hello Test-1	2P	11 November 2023	Falcon 9 Transporter-9 (D-Orbit ION)	$2 P$ bus with increased solar area and battery capacity for multi-pass store-and-forward payload testing.
Hello Test-2	2P	11 November 2023	Falcon 9 Transporter-9 (D-Orbit ION)	Co-manifested $2 P$ sibling operating in the same Sun-synchronous plane.

References

[1]nadir lab. (2026). PocketQube picosatellites: A review of standards, mission trends and miniaturization constraints, with lessons learned from Grizu-263A, Türkiye’s first PocketQube [Preprint]. nadir lab.Read on nadir lab.

Cite this SatWiki entry

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  author       = {{nadir lab.}},
  title        = {{Hello Space PocketQubes (Istanbul, Hello Test-1 \& 2)}},
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  month        = oct,
  howpublished = {nadir lab. SatWiki SQ-MS-007 (Rev. 1)},
  url          = {https://nadirlab.space/en/wiki/hello-space-pocketqubes/}
}

nadir lab. (2026). Hello Space PocketQubes (Istanbul, Hello Test-1 & 2). nadir lab. SatWiki (SQ-MS-007, Rev. 1). https://nadirlab.space/en/wiki/hello-space-pocketqubes/

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